Research released today by Enterprise UK highlights the importance of green business credentials for young people, with 50% of those surveyed saying that a company or brand’s green credentials has the greatest impact on their purchasing decisions.

Young Entrepreneurs who attended the Kauffman Global Scholars Programme gathered for lunch at Kings Cross St Pancras’ Grand Restaurant, following the launch of Global Entrepreneurship Week in London held at the British Library yesterday.

Italy began Global Entrepreneurship week yesterday (Monday 16th November) with an inaugural event held in Pisa at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, an Italian public University with a reputation for its commitment to the innovation of technology.

Amsterdam, 16 november 2009 – Wereldwijd start vandaag de Global Entrepreneurship Week – de week die in 88 landen plaatsvindt om ondernemend gedrag onder jongeren te stimuleren. Na een inspirerende openingsspeech van staatssecretaris Jan Kees de Jager (Financiën) vond de live finale plaats van een ideeënwedstrijd, gebaseerd op de vraag hoe de ondernemende houding van kinderen tot 16 jaar gestimuleerd kan worden.

Today, I am in the Netherlands, a country where several actors in the economy are doing their part to unlock entrepreneurship. When I met here with Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende in 2007, entrepreneurial activity in the Netherlands had stalled and policymakers, educators, investors and corporations began to work to counter that trend. [...]

Iceland kicked off its Global Entrepreneurship Week events today, as leaders from around the country took part in the celebration.
Ministers, mayors and party chairs will be on hand for an elastic wristband event. Minister of Industry Katrín Júlíusdóttir will be the first of many who will place the elastic bands on their wrists and [...]

PricewaterhouseCoopers provided students from Junior Achievement Russia with an up-close look at what a “real job” is like and how the skills they learn through JA programs are put into use in the workplace. The event was designed to give young people a clearer focus for the future and help them make better informed choices about career fields.

Global Entrepreneurship Week UK got underway this morning with a series of keynote speakers at the British Library in London. A panel discussion followed.

Lord Mandelson addressed the conference via video and said the UK government was committed to sustaining a business culture that supports enterprise.

With the sun now rising in New Zealand, Global Entrepreneurship Week has officially begun. Global Entrepreneurship Week celebrations are now starting up all over the world, launching not just individual campaigns, but a global movement that will connect approximately 4 million people in 87 countries.
Each nation has found a different [...]

A conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Central and Eastern European Competitiveness commenced this evening in Vienna, Austria, hosted by The Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU). It will run until November 17 at the InterContinental Wien.